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ob⋅stet⋅rics
[uh
b-ste-triks] 
–noun (used with a singular verb)
) | the branch of medical science concerned with childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth. Abbreviation: OB, ob |
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| ob·stet·rics (ŏb-stět'rĭks, əb-) n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the recuperative period following delivery. |
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Obstetrics
Ob*stet"rics\, n. [Cf. F. obst['e]trique. See Obstetric.] The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth.
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Language Translation for : Obstetrics
Spanish:
obstetricia, tocología,
German:
die Geburtshilfe,
Japanese:
産科の
obstetrics [(uhb-ste-triks)]
A branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, labor, and the period of recovery following childbirth.
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obstetrics
1819, from obstetric (adj.), 1742, from Mod.L. obstetricus "pertaining to a midwife," from obstetrix (gen. obstetricis) "midwife," lit. "one who stands opposite (the woman giving birth)," from obstare "stand opposite to" (see obstacle). The true adjective would be obstetricic, "but only pedantry would take exception to obstetric at this stage of its career." [Fowler]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ob·stet·rics
Pronunciation: &b-'ste-triks, äb-
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
: a branch ofmedical science that deals with birth and with its antecedents and sequelae
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obstetrics ob·stet·rics (ŏb-stět'rĭks, əb-)
n.
Abbr. OB
The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the recuperative period following delivery.
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| obstetrics (ŏb-stět'rĭks) Pronunciation Key
The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth. |
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